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Apple Rolls

This variation on apple dumplings was served as a main meal or a lighter supper. “We sometimes ate it with potatoes to make it more substantial,” remembers a young Amish mother. “It’s like a fruity cinnamon roll.”
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Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2½ Tbsp. shortening
  • 1 egg
  • milk
  • 6 medium-sized apples peeled, cored, and sliced

Syrup

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • ¼ cup butter or margarine
  • 2 Tbsp. flour

Instructions

  • Combine dry ingredients.
  • Cut in shortening until mixture resembles small peas.
  • Beat egg in cup, then fill the cup with milk.
  • Mix into crumbs until dough forms.
  • Roll out to ¼” thickness.
  • Cover with sliced apples.
  • Roll up, like a jelly roll, and cut in 1” slices.
  • Lay in greased baking pan, pour hot syrup over, and bake at 375° for 35–40 minutes.
  • Serve warm with milk.

Syrup

  • Mix together.
  • Bring to a boil, stirring until smooth.
  • Simmer for 3 minutes.
  • Pour over apple rolls.
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Course Fruit
Cuisine Amish